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Krampus (Hollywood 2016)
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Krampus

Attraction type Haunted Maze
Event

Halloween Horror Nights 2016 (Hollywood)

Park Universal Studios Hollywood
Area Metro Lot
Year

2016

Housed in Metro Sets
Based on Krampus (2015)

Krampus (Hollywood) was one of the six haunted mazes that was featured during Halloween Horror Nights 2016 (Hollywood). It was located in the Metro Sets.

Description[]

Everyone knows the story of Santa Claus and how he brings toys to good little girls and boys on Christmas Eve. But what is less well known is what happens to the naughty children who don't make Santa's list. Who visits them on Christmas Eve and what terrible "gifts" does he bring them? You're about to find out! Welcome to Krampus, a horrifying twist on the Old World Christmas legend based on the 2015 hit film by writer/director Michael Dougherty. For centuries, parents in Europe have frightened their children with stories of Krampus, the malevolent version of Saint Nicholas who preys on bad children during the Christmas season. Now Krampus and his nasty little helpers have come to America, to terrorize those who have lost the meaning of Christmas. It will be a lesson you will never forget.. if you survive it.

Experience[]

Facade[]

The facade was the outside of the Engel House with a parked van outside, along with the Frozen DHL Guy near it interacting with guests. The Christmas lights would flicker and lighting would reveal Krampus on the rooftop. There were also Snowmen outside of the house and the audio would go from "Karol of the Bells" to the audio of Omi telling the story of Krampus with projections of snow falling on the house. Guests would then enter the maze.

Haunted Maze[]

Inside was the Living Room which had boarded-up windows and a burnt Christmas Tree with presents underneath it. In the fireplace was Howard Jr's legs dangling. As guests continued into the room they were attacked by two Dark Elves. Guests would then enter a transition hallway with a projection of Krampus's hand on the wall. Further down the hall Krampus popped out of a window.

Guests then entered the kitchen where there was smoke coming out of a Gingerbread House. Orange lighting in the scene revealed the Gingerbread Men in the scene and from the left a Dark Elf attacked guests.

Guests then enter a hallway with paintings and cracks in the ceiling where Krampus attacked from above. He then scared guests from another side. Guests then entered the attic.

In the snow-covered attic, guests could see Tom running towards them with Teddy Klaue biting down on his arm. Surrounding the bed was a bunch of Christmas presents and on the bed was Jordan being devoured by Der Klown.

Continuing down the attic, guests would find Teddy Klaue popping out of a giant present. To the right of it was a ceiling beam where Perchta lunged towards guests. Guests then enter a short transitional hallway where Der Klown popped out of the attic.

Guests then entered the Living Room again where a Dark Elf pops out from the left from an un-boarded window. Krampus then popped out from under the fireplace to scare guests as a Dark Elf popped out from behind a painting.

Guests exited the Engle House and found themselves outside next to snow covered trees and fences. There were five Snowman Monsters with two of them being real. One popped out from the left and another from the right. Before guests exited the scene, Krampus scared them from the left above the fences.

Guests enter the woods and saw the static figures of two Dark Elves holding Stevie above a fiery pit that glowed with red lighting. On the right behind snow-covered trees were two Dark Elves that popped out at guests. Further down the scene Krampus jumped out at guests from behind a wall panel.

Guests then entered a transitional hallway with a red spinning light and found themselves back in the Living Room which was now back to normal. However, a projection of all of Krampus's minions and toys could be seen outside a window. "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" would play and then be cut off as Krampus popped out from behind a door as guests exited the maze.

Scareactors[]

Quotes[]

  • "It started with the wind.. on a cold winter night much like this it was almost Christmas...but this Christmas was darker...that night in the darkness of a howling blizzard I got my wish! I knew Saint Nicholas wasn't coming this year. Instead it was a much darker, more ancient spirit. The shadow of Saint Nicholas...it was Krampus!" - Omi
  • "Quite a storm we're having isn't it?" - Frozen DLH Guy
  • "Well... you know what they say, "Even in rain and sleet and snow!" Here...I got a delivery for you. Merry Christmas." - Frozen DLH Guy
  • "And as he had for thousands of years, Krampus came not to reward but to punish! Not to give but to take! He...and his helpers!" - Omi
  • "Let her go! Take me instead!" - Max


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Soundtrack[]


Trivia[]

  • The codename for this maze was "Lux" [1].
  • Murdy firrst met Michael Dougherty in 2007. Mike is a huge fan of HHN and they talked about his new film Trick R Treat possibly becoming a maze (which it did...a decade later). Krampus ended up becoming their first collaboration and Mike gave them access to everything from the film. [2].
  • Mike gave them copies of his custom designed Christmas cards to give out for the Twitter Password game. [3].
  • Murdy gave away a Krampus bell from the film one of the nights for the Twitter Password Game as a thank you to the fans for supporting the event. [4].
  • The Facade is in Murdy's Top 5 Favorite Facades ever. [5].
  • According to John Murdy, Krampus was a tricky character to replicate for live performers because of his size and orientation of his head [6].
  • On the Facade, there was the figure of Krampus on the roof who would appear and disappear in synch with the lighting and audio program. [7].
  • The Snowman Monsters at the Facade of the Maze were foreshadowing of them later in the Maze[8].
  • The Elves were the first characters guests encountered and there was a ton of them throughout the maze. They got WETA’s designs and Trick R Treat Studios masks made from the film molds and created softer foam latex versions that were easier on the performers. [9].
  • Then there was Krampus, a tricky character to replicate for their live performers (because of his size and orientation of his head). Trick R Treat did a great mask for Mike so they augmented that design and our costume department tackled his wardrobe. [10].
  • The kitchen scene was John Murdy's favorite with the crazy Gingerbread figures and the scent of Gingerbread cookies [11].
  • In the Gingerbread room, there were Gingerbread Cookies downing a bottle of Christmas Sherry and a sugar bowl scene which was an homage to Scarface (cause in Murdy's twisted mind sugar would be like coke to a Gingerbread cookie). All of those were handmade by the Prop team [12].
  • There was burned down Gingerbread house had a tiny flickering LED light in it and a mini fogger in the Kitchen Scene. [13].
  • To create a major physical change when guests left the house, they used a huge HVAC chiller with the duct pointed straight down at people to blast them with cold air. [14].
  • They had the snowmen created for them by a specialty vendor so they were really light weight and could be controlled by performers from inside them. They were a mix of static props and special effects units so you didn’t know where the scare was coming from. [15].
  • The end of the maze took guests into a stylised version of an postcard Christmas setting with wonderful Christmas scents, presents under the tree and delectable treats (all fake, made by their Prop team), then it all goes bad as Krampus crashes the scene. [16].

References[]

Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood 2016
Characters: Hollywood Harry
Haunted Mazes: American Horror Story  • The Exorcist  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: Blood Brothers  • Freddy vs. Jason  • Halloween: Hell Comes To Haddonfield  • Krampus  • The Walking Dead Attraction
Terror Tram: Eli Roth Presents: Terror Tram
Scarezone: The Purge: Election Year
Show: Jabbawockeez
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